impatient family & friends

[Booflies]

Share it here...

Who's impatience has annoyed you?
Who has phoned/emailed inquiring about baby's whereabouts and it's not your due date yet?
How have ppl been grating your nerves in this way?


My MIL called last night. Yes, English is not her first language so maybe her wording was because of that, but she asked me "When are you delivering the baby?" Umm...

I told her "I don't know! When the baby is ready to be born!"

She said "Oh. YOu don't know? Well, we're all waiting here. We're all expecting news about the baby".

Why do people insist on sitting on the edge of their seats BEFORE a woman's due date!? It's not like I can say "Oh, you're waiting? SOrry, I didn't realize that. Let me go have that baby now so I can help you move on with your day..."

I am thankful the impatient family and friends are few for me!

[louloubean]

arg, i know what you mean!
yes, people, we are ready, but our babies aren't!

time to leave the phone off the hook, or record a message saying, nope, no baby yet, watch the evening news for updates!

hang in there!

[peainthepod]

My family has been pretty good so far, though I have gotten some text messages and voice mail here and there. I don't really answer the phone anymore.

Do they really think they're more eager to meet the new kid than we are? Or do they think we'd have the baby and just forget to tell them? I mean come on now.

The worst is how people expect us to call them as soon as I go into labor. We're having a homebirth and have already decided that as soon as the midwife is on her way, all phones will be turned OFF until the baby arrives. I can't imagine being in active labor and hearing DH's or my phone ringing nonstop so people can "breathe with us". Talk about distracting!

[OkiMom]

MIL (whom I love a ton) keeps on asking us when the baby is coming. Im not sure if she is serious or if she is messing with me since she knows how annoying it is. Last time she asked I asked her if she knew when any of her 5 was coming before they were born and she laughed so I think shes giving me a hard time. DH's grandparents will pick up the phone with "so you had the baby yet" every time he calls.My SILs keep telling me on what days I can and can't have the baby. My BIL is quite upset with us because he deploys tomorrow and I haven't had the baby so he won't be able to see pictures before he leaves.
Family is one thing. They are all anxious and we live soo far away from them we could have had the baby a month ago and they would never know. I don't get is practical strangers or DH's co-workers that keep on bugging us about when the baby is coming. I skipped church yesterday because I didn't want to hear it from people. DH co-workers will probably end up being the first people to know the baby is born since he has to call in every so often to check in when I go in labor. As for the people we really don't know, why would I share the information with them? I don't even know them.

Im thinking of posting a sign on the door "No, the baby isn't here" and recording a similar one for the voicemail.. That way I don't have to deal with people.

[Kleine Hexe]

I haven't shared my EDD with anyone except for DH and two close friends. They won't bug me. Everyone else is asking when my due date is but I refuse to tell.